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How are people actually that mad about this? Maybe I’m a different breed, but this entire game is just a fantasy land of made up cards and ratings. Chill.

@ComebackLogic said in Done until something changes:

I hear that, I felt exactly the same last week. The hard part is I really want to like this franchise and I want to support the game and development team behind it, because it’s fun when it all works as intended. I can have fun win or lose, if the game plays in a balanced and logical manner. Sadly the combination of terrible fielding, seemingly random at times pitching and punishing swing timing windows at HoF level and upwards make the game feel a real chore. If you want to take the game in any way seriously and feel competitive, the combination of glitches, bad animations, good/okay low exit velo results on squared up swings and excessive low scoring, high strikeout games are enough to exhaust even the most dedicated player after a game or two. As you said, it’s simply not fun. It’s an exercise in frustration and how much you can stand before you have to quit for a while and cool off.

It’s a shame, because some of the new features would be great, I really like the look of the updated stadiums, Oracle Park looks sensational with the Coca-Cola bottle out in the stands now and I’m digging the return of classic cards from years past, nostalgia and line up variety for the 15th anniversary gets a thumbs up. Until we get some serious gameplay tweaks, the main focus will be on the bad aspects that detract from the effort that SDS have put into this years game. Hopefully that will happen really soon.

One of the better summaries of the game I’ve read so far.

I ended last season on 4 straight server errors so my finishing ranking wasn’t high enough to start at 700. Needless to say, I have been in a fight for my life to get over 700 and out of All-Star. I looked at my stats for the current season and it’s remarkable.

25 games
158 total hits given up
54 of those are homers
91 total runs

1/3 of all hits are homers against me. This isn’t anything entirely new for all-star but I’ve been on a run of some terrible luck lately. Giving up about 6 hits a game only to have 3 of them leave the yard cas been frustrating to say the least. Been on the wrong end of the RNG this week for sure . Bouncing between 650 and 700 is gonna be the end of me.

Yep. It would never happen but I think it would be cool if the community organized a week or two where no one logged on until they update hitting (or at least roll it back to launch week). I’d be fine playing offline or playing another game until 1.04 and 1.05 hitting patches get rolled back.

In other industries, things like that are fairly commonplace when the consensus opinion of something is so low. I’m a hypocrite though because here I am playing event games hahaha.

Just hit it over the shift

@raesONE said in Cheesiest Stadium/Pitcher combos?:

Interesting perspective on fun

It was definitely not fun lol

@raesONE said in Cheesiest Stadium/Pitcher combos?:

@dexknows33 said in Cheesiest Stadium/Pitcher combos?:

@raesONE said in Cheesiest Stadium/Pitcher combos?:

Interesting perspective on fun

It was definitely not fun lol

That's what I thought. But yeah there are a few where the sun glare is just making it impossible to see the ball. Very annoying, has been a thing since forever and I don't understand how that hasn't been fixed yet. Or well, probably because "It HaPpEnS iN rEaL bAsEbAlL".

Yeah, this one was worse cuz it wasn’t just the normal glare, it was actually fans wearing white. It was impossible. Maybe with a different camera could have helped but I use the standard SZ2 and didn’t feel like changing. The things people do to get an advantage..... Unreal

@DrIuigi said in I don't want to sell but I almost have to don't I?:

Hard to predict. I'm kinda expecting a flash sale this Friday again and it'll probably bring a transient dip in the market. My issue is I have no idea when the stub sale is coming. If I had all the pieces to lock in for Mantle I'd just do it, since I don't I also have a lot of high end LS cards that I haven't locked in because the individual rewards aren't really worth (hell most division rewards aren't either)

That’s the issue I have. Last year was fun because so many of the collection rewards and division rewards were fun and usable. Now, there really isn’t anything that fun even on the division levels to incentivize me to complete them step by step.

@allmustfall16 said in Long time show players...:

@bonion said in Long time show players...:

I thought I was safe reaching 700 season 1, so you must reach 800 to fall to 700 is that correct?

Yup. That’s why I didn’t make a push for WS last season. I was to close to falling back into DS. So I stayed in the 800s to start higher. This season though I lost like 5 games in a row and disconnected once. So I have a lot of grinding in all star hell to get back up. Won my last two though.

If you find yourself losing games, a simple thing that helps me that I find myself not doing is taking some pitches. At least get their starters pitch count up a bit. Then swing for the fences.

And as far as pitching goes, it’s [censored] near impossible in all star difficulty. It’s not you getting worse. It’s just that hard to pitch in all star

Definitely wish that I had done that last season. I made a push for it when I got over 800 and ended up having connection errors in a few games in a row so dropped down to 700-something. Now I’m sitting in All-Star and over 1/3 of all hits given up so far have been bombs. All-Star is unplayable. RNG gods must not be happy with me lately haha

@D_e_m_I_s_E said in All-Star Purgatory:

@MaxHarvest said in All-Star Purgatory:

It’s horrible below 700 - I got caught here last season , and once I got out I went like 14-3 to end just short of ws. The competition is harder below 700 because the difficulty settings , pitch speeds and giant pci erase the skill differential

Not sure what is happening but for the HOF event I was easily turning on some 100 mph fastballs. Played RS all star a lot yesterday and was getting 97 blown by me.

They aren’t the same game. RS is something entirely different than any other game mode this year. The levels don’t correlate at all to other modes, IMO

@wh15ox said in Card for your fav team:

@dexknows33 said in Card for your fav team:

Just want some form of Kirby Puckett..... I'd love Mauer too, but I'm sure that's a few years out.

for sure a Kirby!

A Postseason Kirby with 250 clutch rating lol

@raesONE said in Very early:

@Nanthrax_1 said in Very early:

@raesONE said in Very early:

@Nanthrax_1 said in Very early:

@raesONE said in Very early:

This has been a problem for years, it keeps at bats undeservingly alive. Worst thing is when they foul off 5 or 6 pitches in this manner and then you hang 1 for a homer.

This literally happens regularly in baseball.. like, every game!!

So? I wasn't saying it's unrealistic or that it doesn't happen in real life baseball. I'm saying it's a problem in this game because it decreases the skill gap in a pointless and frustrating manner.

Oh and btw, I've never seen a batter who sits fastball being able to flail and still make contact on a 70mph curveball. Show me the video of that please.

I don't see that happening on higher difficulty.. it also ties into the hitter's vision rating and pitcher's K/9 rating 100%..
What's the point of getting better cards if these ratings don't affect gameplay?

And watch a game. Most major league hitters can adjust to stay alive off a slow curve when sitting fastball. Also, who throws a 70mph curve that also throws hard irl?

My point is that someone who sits fastball and swings without any discipline at every offspeed pitch in the dirt shouldn't be rewarded by keeping the at bat alive. No matter how much you try to argue that is is "normal" in real life baseball, it really isn't. And it shouldn't happen in this game either. If you can't sit back, you should strike out. Learn to adapt.

Agree that it is pointless to reward bad input so consistently, but have you ever watched an Eddie Rosario at-bat? He swings at literally everything and generally has good enough bat-to-ball skills to foul off anything, regardless of pitch type or location. It shouldnt be rewarded that way in a video game, just saying it can happen IRL.

I use a curved monitor for The Show and love it. You’ll never go back to the TV, I promise you. Sceptre has some great affordable options. I use the 27” curved display

Yawn. The rewards aren’t worth the excessive grind and having to deal with the 3 (or 6) inning games. I’d prefer less wins needed in a 9 inning format, but I’m assuming that makes me the minority.

@bonion said in Just had some decent pulls from the new conquest free packs:

I got Scherzer from the BIAH pack. Funny thing is he was to the left of the furthest card which was a gold

2nd diamond this year out of the BIAH pack. I do back the odds on these

That happened to me too. Got a Trevor Story and he was to the left of a silver card. Maybe SDS saw all the whining on here about BIAH packs and juiced em up a bit on the conquest map lol

I personally like Bayfront. The Batters eye basically covers the entirety of Center Field. People who play at MLB stadiums (MinuteMaid) or choose Daytime should be banned for life from Ranked Seasons lol